Saturday, August 4, 2012

Grilled Asparagus

I would love it if my blog subscribers would participate in a study... whose pee smells when you eat asparagus??? I know, it is very childish to ask this, but I thought everyone's did. I was teaching a phlebotomy class back in georgia and brought up this topic when teaching how to do a urinalysis. To my surprise, not everyone's pee smells when they eat asparagus. I was determined to find out why. I found this answer on The Discovery Channel's website. Here is the link and a bit of the article below. http://dsc.discovery.com/guides/skinny-on/asparagus.html

In 1891 a scientist named "Nencki" had so very little to do that he convinced four guys to eat seven kilograms of asparagus (that's about three and a half pounds each). He collected the pertinent pee, worked some medieval magic on it, and concluded that the smell was due to a metabolite called methanethiol.So there you go. Nencki claimed that as your body metabolizes asparagus, it produces this smelly chemical, which your discriminating kidneys see fit to dump into the bladder.

Now if you're scowling at your screen and muttering, "My pee doesn't smell like asparagus," first ask yourself if you eat asparagus

Even if you do but lack the smell, you're still OK. In fact the fabulously funny book, The ReSearch Guide to Body Fluids (by Paul Spinrad, Juno Books, N.Y., 1994), says just 22 percent of survey respondents experience asparagus pee.

So, now that you know what I find fascinating, you will probably stop reading my blog :) But I hopeyou will continue to use my blog and it's delicious recipes, including this one.

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The human species was once a super species, but now it is the sickest species in the world. 80% of our adult population is dying or will die from chronic disease. One of the reasons for this change is that we no longer give our bodies what they are genetically designed to need. The human body requires certain materials for the genetic expression of health. One of these materials is REAL food. My goal for this blog is to share with you real food, real recipes and real ways to make you and your family healthier by the things you put in your mouth..... and it tastes good!!